Metallic railway-tie



C. E. WlLDER.

METALLIC RAILWAY HE. APPLICATION FILED IUNE 2. 1919.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

CLINTON E. \VILD'ER, 6F IRVINE, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3 1920.

Applicationfiled June 2. 1919. Serial No. 301.217.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, (LiN'roN Fl. Fi more, a citizen of the United tit-ates. residing at Irvine, in the county of lVarrcn and t lt-ate of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in llletallic Railway-Ties; and it do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters oi reference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to metallic ties for railways: the object thereof being to provide a metallic tie having resilient properties and which can be rolled from a single piece of metal.

The features of my invention are hereinafter fully explained and pointed out and are illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1, is a side elevation of a blank suitable for being formed into a tie according to my invention.

Fig. 2, is an end elevation thereof.

Fig. 3, is a side elevation of my improved metallic railway tie.

Fig. l, is an end elevation thcreot.

Fig. 5, is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 6, is a section on the line 6 6 in Fi 5 on an enlarged scale showing the manner of fastening a railway rail to said tie.

Fig. 7, is a T-bolt adr qited for use as shown in Fig. 6.

In these drawings Ih. indicates the plate of my improved metallic tie. Pro ecting upwardly "from the central portion of the base-plate A. is a web A as shown in Fig. 1. This is preferably formed by the rolling process as practised in the manufacture of structural steel.

In producing my improved tie I take a piece of steel of: the cross section, as shown in Fig. 2, of suitable length for a railway tie, and cut out the middle portion of the web A as shown at B in Figs. 1, 3 and 5, thereby dividing the metal of the web A into the portions A and A5. I also punch elongated openings a. in suitable positions in said web A to receive bolts with which rail .way rails may be fastened to the ties as hereinafter described.

In liormlng the elongated holes a I preterably cause ears or to be tormed at the ends of said elongated holesa on the under surface thereof adapted to engage heads of rail fastening bolts to prevent rotation thereof in said holes a. This blank-shown in Fig. 1 is then placed in a suitable press and a portion oi the wel A receives a. longitudinalv e -shaped bend, and the portion A of said web likewise receives an opposite U-shaped bond, as shown in Figs. 3, i; and 5, the portions of said web having the elongated slots a therethrough forming the flat upper surface of the tie. It will be seen from the foregoing description, and the illustrations in Figs. eland 5, that a tie formed according to my invention can be cheaply manufactured; that it will have a limited degree o'l resilience, and that the elongated holes a will permit the railway rails secured to said tie to expand and contract without distorting or injuring the tie.

In Fig. 6 1 illustrate means for securing a railway rail C to a metallic tie formed. according to my invention, in which D indicates a bolt having a T-head (Z which is adapted to pass through the elongated opening a and engage the projections a on the underside of the tie which prevent the bolt D from turning when the nut D is being placed thereon. E indicates metal clamps which are placed upon the bolts D and which overlap the base flange of the railway rail C for the purpose of clamping the same to the portions A? and A of my improved tie, the slots a permitting some movementof the bolts D therein, thus permitting slight longitudinal movement of the rail C with relation to the tie to allow for expansion and contraction oi the rail C.

- Having thus shown and described my in vention so as to enable others to utilize the same, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a metallic railway tie, a base plate, an upright plate at right angles to said base and provided with a central opening therein, a U-shaped bend in one direction at one side of said opening, and a like U-shaped bend in the opposite direction at the opposite side of said opening the upper faces of said bends being substantially fiat and parallel with said base, substantially as set forth.

2. In a metallic railway tie, a base plate, an upright plate at right angles to said base and provided with a central opening therein, a U-shaped bend in one direction at one side of said opening, and a like U-shaped bend in the opposite direction at the opposite side of said opening, the upper faces of said bends being substantially fiat and parallel with said base, and provided adjacent to the ends of said surfaces with transverse elongated slots therethrough to receive bolts, substantially as set forth.

3. In a metallic tie, the combination ot a base-plate, a longitudinal Web at right angles to said base-plate, said Web having the central portion thereof cut away, a right-hand longitudmal U-shaped bend in one end of said web, and a like left-hand bend 1n the CLINTON Wnlnin 

